Barry Felder is a partner and litigation lawyer with Foley & Lardner LLP. Mr. Felder has extensive experience in the real estate workout and foreclosure arena, having foreclosed on hundreds of multi-family, hotel, shopping center and office building properties for leading financial institutions throughout the country in both federal and state courts. He is a member of the Business Litigation & Dispute Resolution, IP Litigation, and Privacy, Security & Information Management Practices.People v. Sihpol, the first late-trading case brought to trial by Eliot Spitzer's office (after a six week trial, the jury acquitted Mr. Sihpol of 29 felony counts) to representing Playboy Enterprises in cutting edge litigation challenging as trademark infringement and dilution the sale of the term playboy as a keyword by an Internet search engine.RecognitionNew YorkSuper Lawyers lists.PublicationsALM/Law Journal Press.Educationcum laudeFordham Law Reviewmagna cum laude, 1974) and graduated Phi Beta Kappa.AdmissionsMr. Felder is admitted to practice in California, New Jersey and New York and before the Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second and Ninth Circuits and various Federal District Courts.Reported DecisionsPlayboy Enterprises, Inc. v. Netscape Communications Corp., MAG Portfolio Consultant, GMBH v. Merlin Biomed Group LLC,MT Property, Inc. v. IRA Weinstein and Larry Weinstein, LLC, Robert Plan Corp. v. Perot Systems Corp.Wells Fargo Bank Minnesota, N.A. v. Mark F. Cohn, 4 A.D.3d 189, 771 N.Y.S.2d 649 (1st Dep't 2004) (New York's one action rule does not apply where property securing the loan is out of New York State).Trademarks and Unfair Competition*Represented a national automobile rental company against its major competitor in an action involving Lanham Act claims arising from certain advertising claims made by the client's competitor.Copyright*Represented a software company in a copyright infringement suit in obtaining injunctive relief against the maker of devices that enable the unauthorized reproduction of copyrighted software.Privacy*Represented a leading Internet privacy services provider in a federal litigation in which the plaintiff claimed that the client had an obligation to and failed to resolve certain privacy issues between plaintiff and Microsoft and Comcast, among other defendants. Arguing that the plaintiff lacked standing to bring claims against our client, Mr. Felder obtained a complete dismissal for the client from litigation.Trade Secrets*Represented Internet start-up venture and its founder-president in litigation involving claims of trade secret misappropriation and novel question as to whether a B2B multi-vendor web site for distributors of medical and dental supplies competes with a leading healthcare products distributor.Technology*Represented that company in a lawsuit brought against its major software licensor to ensure the continued operation of enterprise essential software.Real Estate Litigations, Workouts and Foreclosures*Represented major financial institutions in federal and state court in successfully foreclosing on multifamily and commercial properties and obtaining orders, mostly ex parte, appointing receivers for those properties.Speeches *Speaker, AIPLA Trademark Committees Meeting -- Dallas, May 14, 2004, Playboy v. Excite: Trademarks and On-line Advertising, May 14, 2004.Media Articles Quoting Mr. FelderWSJ.comZDNet.10.UKBusiness WeekCNN Money.comManaging Intellectual Property, MAXXXIMUM Victory, May 10, 2006 (re above-referenced INTA moot court argument). Read moreRead less .show-less-about { max-height: unset !important;; } .hide-content-layer { display:none !important; }